Maybell

History

The village, founded in the 1880s, was named after May Bell, the wife of a local cattleman. Contrary to folk legends, the town was not named after his prized dairy cow. It currently consists of a meat processing plant, general store with gas pumps, a garage, an elementary school, a residential hotel, a restaurant, a post office, and housing. The post office has been in operation since 1884.

Geography

Maybell is located in central Moffat County, in the valley of the Yampa River along U.S. Highway 40. Craig is east along US 40, and Dinosaur is to the west. State Highway 318 leads northwest from Maybell to the Utah border, passing Browns Park National Wildlife Refuge. The Maybell CDP has an area of , all land. |source 2 = XMACIS (records & monthly max/mins) }}

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Western Meadowlark

  Sturnella neglecta Audubon, 1844 · Aves
  287
• Horned Lark

  Eremophila alpestris (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  188
• Vesper Sparrow

  Pooecetes gramineus (J.F.Gmelin, 1789) · Aves
  168
• Common Raven

  Corvus corax Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  152
• Greater Sage-Grouse

  Centrocercus urophasianus (Bonaparte, 1827) · Aves
  151
• Sharp-tailed Grouse

  Tympanuchus phasianellus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  113
• Sage Thrasher

  Oreoscoptes montanus (J.K.Townsend, 1837) · Aves
  110
• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  110

Largest nearby schools

• Maybell School
  Elementary · MAYBELL · 16 students · 16:1 ratio

Most recent

• M 2.5 — 2025-10-21
  22 km NNW of New Castle, Colorado
• M 2.7 — 2025-01-11
  54 km E of Dutch John, Utah
• M 3.1 — 2024-09-02
  21 km NW of Steamboat Springs, Colorado
• M 2.6 — 2024-06-11
  20 km ENE of Maybell, Colorado
• M 2.5 — 2019-08-21
  5 km SSE of Craig, Colorado
• M 2.5 — 2019-08-16
  20 km NE of Maybell, Colorado